Throwing back to the week of November 16, 1963, we find Nino Temple and April Stevens atop the Billboard Hot 100 with their recording of ‘Deep Purple.’
The original version of this song was composed by pianist Peter DeRose in the 1920s. It was recorded as an instrumental by many artists in subsequent decades (here’s a version with DeRose himself on piano). In 1938, lyricist Mitchell Parish added words to the composition, and it was reimagined as a doo-wop track.
Brother and sister duo Tempo and Stevens won a Grammy and scored a #1 hit with their version, which is notable for Stevens’ spoken-word verses in the song’s back half.
And the stars begin to twinkle in the night
In the mist of my memory, you wander on back to me
Breathing my name with a sigh
In the still of the night once again I hold you tight
Though you’ve gone, your love lives on when moonlight beams
And as long as my heart will beat, sweet lover, we’ll always meet
Here in my deep purple dreams
When the deep purple falls over sleepy garden walls
And the stars begin to twinkle in the night
In the mist of my memory, you wander on back to me
Breathing my name with a sigh
In the still of the night once again I hold you tight
Though you’ve gone, your love lives on when moonlight beams
And as long as my heart will beat, sweet lover, we’ll always meet
Here in my deep purple dreams
And as long as my heart will beat, sweet lover, we’ll always meet
Here in my deep purple dreams
And as long as my heart will beat, sweet lover, we’ll always meet
Here in my deep purple dreams
Meet Me In Montauk 
I’ve never heard this song before. Curious if it known by your older loyal readers.
Yes, it is (older 🥹 reader)
Older reader who was finally able to post a comment!🤣
Quite a familiar song to me (an older 🥹 reader)
Don’t know this one at all. I feel younger already!
Here is another older reader I remember this song but not by these singers. I thought it was a love song. Googled it and saw that Pat Boone had a song with the same title and we old people certainly remember him. Right Andrea 😜